Perforating attachment for ruling-machines.



J. W. BALL. PERFORATING ATTAUHMENT FOB. BULING MAGHINES.

APPLICATION FILED Dna. za. 190s.

927,400. Patented July 6, 1909.

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JAMES WILLIAM BALL, OF LOGANSPORT, INDIANA.

PERFORATING ATTACHMENT FOR BULINGY-ILACHINES.

.To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES WILLIAM BALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Logansport, in the county of Cass and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Perforating Attachments for Ruling-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the attachment of a perforating or impressing device to a machine designed for ruling paper, in such a manner that the operation of perforating or impressing is accomplished simultaneously, or at the saine handling, with the operation of ruling, thus obviating the necessity of a second handling of the paper, as has heretofore been the case when both operations were necessary.

ln paper ruling machines the sheets of paper are fed singly into the machine, and are carried past the ruling pens or disks by means of a cloth, tapes or cords, the method varying in machines of different makes, but the principle of operation remaining the saine. After the sheets have been ruled they are carried forward by said cloth, tapes or cords for a greater or less distance; in some cases twice or three times the length of the machine, doubling back and forth, in order to allow the ink to dry before the sheets are piled up in the receiving box. The work which my invention is designed to accomplish is the perforation of the sheets of paper as they pass the ruling machine, in order that they may be easily divided upon the perforated line; allowing the mechanism of the ruling machine to carry the sheets into and through the perforating device.

My improvement is shown in the accompanying drawings and explained in the following paragraphs.

Figure l is a side elevation of the coin-` plete device, showing the manner of attachment to the ruling machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the complete device. Fig. 3 shows a side and edge elevation of the rocker arm 5. Fig. Llshows a side and edge elevation of the head 9 and carriage 9a.

Like reference characters indicate like parts in all the views.

l is the frame ofthe ruling machine.

2 represents the end supports for the perfor-ating device. 3 is a shaft mounted in said end supports, of which there ale two, one at each side of the machine. 30L is akeyseat cut longitudinally in end of said shaft.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application` led December 23, 1908.

Patented .Tilly 6, 1909.

Serial No. @69h20.

et and da are keyseats cut in said end support 2. 5 is a rocker arm secured permanently, one on each en d. to shaft 3, and having rotatably mounted therein a hardened cylinder' (i and a tension or guide cylinder 7; 8 is a shaft mounted in said end supports, and keyed permanently thereto. ilaid shaft 8 has a keyway or feather 8 cut its ent-ire length, which keyway engages a key S set 11 inthe head 9, permitting said head 9 to slide the whole length of said shaft 8 between the end supports 2 without any circumferential motion. A set-screw (Je, or other suitable clamping device, holds said head securely `in the desired place on said shaft.

i head 9 in a horizontal direction, but is free to move circuinferentially upon shaft- 8, being yieldingly secured, howeve, to the eX- tension upon head E) by the adjusting thumbnut 9" and spring 9", which move upon a threaded bolt 9d. Pivotally mounted in the forward end of holder 9a, and arranged to impinge upon the surface of cylinder t3, is the perforating disk l0.

The operation of the device is as follows :-rhe sheets of paper, having been fed into the ruling machine, are carried past the ruling pens upon the ruling cloth ll, or, in the case of a disk ruler, are carried to the ruling head by tapes or cords, and delivered by them to the feed-rolls thereof, which them through said head, and deliver them `in turn to another set of tapes or cords; in

either case the use ofthe tapes or cords being to carry the sheet exposed to the air long enough to allow the ink to dry before the sheets are piled in the receiving box. .in the case of a diskruler, this invention could be applied at any place in the course of travel of the sheet, outside of the ruling head. ln the case of a pen ruler, such is illustrated herewith, it becomes necessary to attachthe device in such a manner as to engage the sheet after it has been delivered from the ruling cloth to a set of cords or tapes. As the sheet advances through the machine it is carried by the ruling cloth in the direction of the arrow at lla. Arriving at the cylinder 1?), it changes its course, as indicated at 12, following the cloth around the curve of said cylinder 1?, being held in close contact thereq Said i with by the cords 12. Said sheet emerges from contact with said cylinder 13 in the position, and traveling in the direction, indicated by the arrow at 12". From that point it is carried by the cords 12, which pass under cylinder 6, thus carrying the sheet between said cylinder and perforating disk 1.0, and submitting it to the action of said disk. As the sheet leaves the perforating disk and cylinder G it is carried by the cords 12 obliquely up and over the tension or guide roller, or cylinder, 7, and from thence on through the machine in the regular manner. Said sheet is made to follow the curve of the cords 12 as they pass over cylinder 7 by means of supplementary cords, which are ordinarily found on ruling machines, and which are so arranged that they tend to hold firmly to the said cords 12 any sheet that may have a tendency to curl lup and thus leave the said cords 12 and entangle itself in the mechanism of the ruling machine.

One of the principal advantages of my invention the ease with which it may be placed in a working position, or disengaged therefrom. As will be noted by reference to Fig. 1, the rocker arm 5, when in the position shown by that part of the drawing of said arm which is partially in full line, is so placed as to perform the operation described above; while the dotted outline shows said arm, with the two cylinders 6 and 7 mounted therein, in such a position as to allow the sheet, as it is carried forward on the cords 12, to travel in the ordinary manner, without any deviation from the same plane of motion, as is shown by the horizontal dotted line 12. This is accomplished by witlulrawing the key l-b (Fig. 1) from its place in keyseat 8a and corresponding seat fl, said key being loosely fitted therein, and turning the shaft in its mounting in end supports 2 until said keyseat 3a coincides with keyseat 4ta, and inserting the key, thus holding the shaft with its rocker arm and cylinders in the position shown by the dotted outline. Changing the device from a working to an idle position necessarily leaves some slack in the cords 12. This is to be taken up by the screw adjustment usually provided on ruling machines as a means of keeping the cords tight. Conversely, it is necessary to loosen said screw adjustment somewhat before turning the device to a working position.

The head 9 is mounted on shaft S and adapted to be moved longitudinally thereon, having provided means to secure it firmly at any place on said shaft. Said head consists of a collar with an extension protruding radially from said shaft, and a loose key Sb, to prevent circumferential motion, said key engaging the feather 8a, cut in said shaft 8, with setscrew 9C, or other suitable clamping device to hold it securely in the desired posi-f tion on said shaft. The extension has a hole' 9f, bored vertically through it, to permit the free passage of the threaded adjusting bolt 9d. rihe carriage 9a is also mounted on shaft 8. The forward end is forked to enable it to hold the perforating disk 10, which is mounted rotatably therein by means of a screw 10a, or other suitable device. For a considerable portion of its length, extending toward the rear end, said carriage 9L is recessed, or grooved, entirely through its width, or perpendicular dimension to allow it to straddle the head 9, as shown in Fig. a, as they both occupy their places on the shaft 8. ln the rear end of said carriage is permanently fixed the threaded adjusting' bolt 9, which extends downward therefrom through the hole 9f bored in head 9. The carriage 9u is not keyed to shaft S, but is free, within certain limits, to move circumferentially thereon. The adjusting screw 9, or that portion of its length which extends below the extension of head 9, bears a thumb-nut 9, which acts upon a spiral coil sp1-ino' 9, which surrounds said screw. As said thumbnut 9" is screwed upward it presses against the spring 9, which in its turn presses against the firmly fixed extension of head 9, and pulls yieldingly downwardly the rear end of the carriage 9'o1 to which said bolt 9d is fastened. This, of course, moves the forward end of 9, carrying the perforating disk 10, upward, thereby causing said disk to iinpinge more or less firmly upon cylinder (3 as the thumb-nut is raised or lowered on screw 9d. lVhen it becomes necessary to change the position of the head and carriage on shaft 8, to accommodate sheets of different dimensions, the thumb-nut 9b is run downward until the spring 9C is loosened, thereby relieving all tension on both the key Sb and the disk 10, and allowing said head, when set-screw 9e is loosened, to slide easily along said shaft 8. It will be understood that the key 8b is carried along, as said head and carriage are moved on shaft 8, by the sides of carriage 9a, which encircle said shaft, and inclose said key snugly in the pocket formed by keyways 8l and SC and said sides of said carriage 9a.

Power may be applied to the cylinders 6 and 7 in any convenient manner. It will be found, ordinarily, that the friction of the cords 12 will be sufficient to cause said cylinders to rotate properly, but in case that should not be sufficient, they may be belted to any convenient part of the ruling machine.

I claim:

1. In a ruling machine, the combination with the frame, of rocker arms mounted therein, cylinders carried by said rocker arms, a transverse shaft, a head mounted to slide lengthwise of said shaft and held against circumferential motion, a holder pivotally mounted on said shaft and having a groove receiving said head.

2. In a ruling machine, the combination with the frame, of `rocker arms mounted therein, cylinders carried by said rocker arms, a transverse shaft, a head mounted to slide lengthwise of said shaft and held against circumferential motion, and a holder pivotally mounted on said shaft and having a groove receiving said head, said holder being free to move circumferentially upon said shaft.

3. In a ruling machine, the combination with the frame, of rocker arms mountedv therein, cylinders carried by said rocker arms, a transverse shaft, a head mounted to slide lengthwise of said shaft and held against circumferential motion, and a holder pivotally mounted on said shaft and having a groove receiving said head, said holder being free to move circumferentially upon said shaft, said head having an extension, and means yieldingly securing said holder to said extension.

4. In a ruling machine, the combination with the frame, of rocker arms mounted therein, cylinders carried by said rocker arms, a transverse shaft, a head mounted to slide lengthwise of said shaft and held against circumferential motion, a holder pivotally mounted on said `shaft and having a groove receiving said head, said holder being free to move circumferentially upon said shaft, said head having an extension, means yieldingly securing said holder to said extension, and means for holding said head in any desired position on the shaft.

5. In a ruling machine, a frame, end supports, a shaft mounted in said supports, said shaft having a longitudinally disposed key seat in one end and one of the supports having a plurality of key seats, rocker arms permanently secured one on each end of said shaft, a hardened cylinder rotatably mounted therein, a tension cylinder, a shaft mounted in said end supports and permanently keyed thereto, a head, a holder pivotally mounted on the last-named shaft and having a groove receiving said head, means holding said head on its shaft, said shaft having a key way, a key in the head engaging said key way, said holder being free to move circumferentially about its shaft, and a yielding connection between said holder and head.

G. In a ruling machine, the combination with the cylinder and a perforatin disk, of a tension cylinder, tapes, feed rol s, ruling cloth for carrying the sheet between the cylinder and perforating disk, and means for causing the sheet to follow the curve of the cords, and means for changing the parts from working to inoperative position.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES WILLIAM BALL.

Witnesses:

WINFIELD S. WINEK, DoRA'rHY P. STONE. 

